A federal probe into Illinois’ treatment of disabled people will examine abuse and neglect allegations at state-run residential institutions — including Choate, the subject of a yearlong Capitol News ...

Tonya Piephoff, director of the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities ... also will look into abuse and neglect allegations of patients at three of ...

Tonya Piephoff, director of the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities ... also will probe abuse and neglect allegations of patients at the Choate ...

adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities,” the letter stated. The letter said the investigation also will probe abuse and neglect allegations of patients at the Choate, Jack Mabley and ...

You can report the abuse to the facility’s administration, a long-term care ombudsman, or the Illinois Department of Public Health. One nursing home patient in Hillside was found dehydrated, ...

Her organization is a part of the Illinois Stop Assisted Suicide Coalition. Benecke said the bill is dangerous due to a fear that it could extend to the disabled community in multiple ways. Firstly, ...